Busy Body Tacoma

Brunch is in full swing! From 11AM to 3PM every weekend, we have specialty day drinks, coffee from our friends/local roasters NAOMI JOE, and delicious food to start your afternoon out in style! Exclusive brunch events, DJs, pop-ups, and plenty more surprises are in store for you!

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Try our very crispy and delicious veggie spring rolls! We’ve updated them with soft glass noodles and tofu for protein, adding heartiness without heaviness, and the umami notes sing! Choose from seven sauces to dip, pair with a cold lager or pilsner for maximum flavor! Available until midnight seven days a week, can be ordered to-go as desired!

Grab some takeaway for the festivities this weekend, and sip on a draft cocktail in the A/C while you wait!Here’s our fried chicken sandwich with mac salad and veggie spring rolls, boxed and ready to go! Our kitchen is open ‘til midnight, seven days a week!

We’re open regular hours this weekend! Brunch from 11am-3pm, regular menu ‘til midnight, swing by to cool off with a beer and grab a bite to eat!

Coming down to check out Porchfest or Art on the Ave? Use it as an excuse to stop into one of 6th Ave’s great local businesses!

Pictured: an ice-cold Schöfferhofer Grapefruit and a shot of Espolon Blanco (Espolon only $6 on happy hour!).

FRIDAY! CK1, Sleeze Rock Scholar brings his favorite rock’n’soul party platters for your drinking, dancing, and listening pleasure from 8 ‘til late!

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Thank you to everyone who came to our anniversary weekend celebration! We’re super grateful for our amazing staff, killer DJs, stellar friends, and genuinely cool customers for sharing your time and making our space such a great place to be! Looking forward to year two with all of you!

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These just in! A very limited run of ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY t-shirts available for you and yours this weekend! Get ‘em while they’re hot, $25 while supplies last!

Thank you to living legend, bartender extraordinaire, and exemplary human person DINO, at our sister bar SCREWDRIVER, for graciously modeling on our behalf, and looking damn cool while doing so!

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We’re looking for some help in our kitchen! Starting out with Saturday & Sunday brunch shifts (10am - 4pm-ish), with the likelihood of more shifts opening up as our kitchen gets busier!

💰Pay starts at $20/hr + tips DOE

Please send a resume and cover letter to: [email protected]

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ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY DRINK SPECIALS! Non-stop happy hour all weekend long!

This weekend marks our ONE YEAR MILESTONE on 6th Ave, and we’re throwing a party to celebrate! Join us all weekend from open to close for drink specials, giveaways, and some of our very favorite deejays providing the soundtrack that inspired us to create our little corner of Tacoma rock n roll paradise!

FRI 7PM-12AM
Legendary PNW rock n rollers KURT BLOCH and CK1 spin thee finest rock’n’soul vinyl in the biz!

SAT 7PM-12AM
Local tastemakers TAIGA DINGER, PHAEDRA, and THE RECORD JEWELER keep the party going with the hi-energy lo-fi bangers they’ve become famous for at BUSY BODY events!

SUN 11AM-3PM
HI-VOLTAGE big boss MATT KIMBALL spins our inaugural country brunch vinyl deejay set! The best way to spend a Sunday afternoon and round the weekend out in style!

HUGE thank you to the Tacoma community for your endless support and shaping us into what we are today, we couldn’t have made it thus far without you! We look forward to continuing our growth together and giving you the very best DRINKS, FOOD, and ROCK & ROLL we have to offer each and every day!

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📣 PSA 📣
As we all know, summer in the PNW doesn’t REALLY begin until after the 4th of July. Following suit, this weekend is shaping up to be a real scorcher, 90+ degrees, and continuing on into the following week. However, we are here for you! Our AIR CONDITIONING will be cranked to keep you cool while you sip fizzy cocktails and get respite from the heat!

Hours:
Sun-Thurs 4pm-12am
Fri-Sat 4pm-2am

Brunch:
Sat-Sun 11am-3pm

Happy Hour:
Sun-Thurs 4pm-6pm & 10pm-12am

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With summer comin’ on strong there’s one thing we can all agree on: it’s cocktail season! ☀️🍹

While our cocktail menu is concise, there’s definitely something for everyone! If you’re not feeling the base spirit in any of our drinks, we can always whip one up for you with the liquor of your choice. A Sun Drug with mezcal? Sounds amazing! An Out of Our Tree with Jamaican rum? Why the hell not?! No judgement, we love it when you get weird!

We want you to have fun and drink what you love while doing so; that’s kinda the reason we’re here 😎😁

Draft cocktails L to R: Out of Our Tree, The Hustler, Required Etiquette, Sun Drug

TUESDAY! 7PM! SIGNALS, a night of psych, new wave, and shoegaze vinyl returns to 6th Ave!

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We made a couple changes to our CHICKEN & WAFFLES, and we gotta say, they’re delicious! Sourdough ube waffle, fried chicken thigh, hot honey, and whipped butter. Available on our brunch menu from 11am-3pm, Saturdays & Sundays! Swing by today and try it out!

Our first anniversary is rapidly approaching! What better way to celebrate a birthday than a special collaborative brew with some of our favorite people?

BUSY BODY PILSNER is a super crushable, low abv (3.4%) pilsner crafted by the good folks at ILK BREWING, come have a few with us while they last!

Classic, rock n roll-inspired beer can designed by our good friend and trivia guru STEIN HANSEN

SIXTH AVENUE BAZAAR is this Sunday, 6/30, from 11AM-3PM! Vendors this month include HUNTER OF DAYDREAMS, IN OUR HEADS VINTAGE, SWELL STITCHWORKS, BETH THE WICCA, and JOY GOLF! Delicious brunch with options for all diets, proudly serving Tacoma’s NAOMI JOE COFFEE, and plenty of boozy or N/A libations for your enjoyment! DM us anytime if you’re interested in selling!

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So much fun, y’all!

New brunch item! BISCUITS & GRAVY:
Buttermilk biscuits, sausage gravy, breakfast potatoes, and fried eggs. Available on our brunch menu from 11am - 3pm every weekend!

One of our favorite mezcals, EL MERO MERO, and a DRY YONDER CIDER on ice, is the perfect way to slide into the first weekend of summer!

Our breaded and fried CAULIFLOWER WINGS are to die for! Order with any of our housemade sauces, and wash ‘em down with an ice cold tallboy of RAINIER, or our fave rave draft cocktail, THE HUSTLER, there is no wrong choice! Get ‘em for $6 on happy hour Sunday thru Thursday, 4pm-6pm and 10pm-12am! Suitable for vegans!

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FRIDAY! 9PM ‘til late! CK1, legendary scholar of all things sleeze, lays the rock’n’soul vinyl down thick’n’greasy for your drinking, dancing, and listening pleasure! Don’t fight it, feel it!

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We have a new pale on draft! The PRETTY BOY SHUMWAY is a collaborative Hazy Ginger & Galangal Pale from the upstanding folks at ILK and HERE TODAY! Come have a few, they’re incredible!

Busy Burger or a Fried Chicken Sandwich? We say one of each! Order ‘em with different sides and go halves!

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GHIA turns four today! To commemorate the occasion, we’re giving away a free Chili & Sumac Ghia beverage with any food or drink purchase you make from open to close! Stop in for a bite to eat, drink, Trivia w/ Stein at 8pm, and celebrate with us!

TOMORROW! We’re thrilled for another bangin’ Tuesday night on 6th Ave with DJ ALEEENS spinning the party platters for your listening pleasure from 7PM ‘til late!

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It’s a beautiful day for WILDCAT slushies! Join us for happy hour 4pm - 6pm and 10pm - 12am, drink a few and celebrate the sun!

Have a BREAKFAST SANDWICH for brunch today!
Fresh baked vegan biscuit, fried egg, American cheese, thick cut bacon, and pickled veggies!
Available vegetarian with veggie bacon or sausage, and vegan with egg and cheese substitutes! Take it to the next level with a Bloody Mary!

Brunch is served every weekend, 11am-3pm!

That’s right, we’re closed to the public 3pm - 8pm tomorrow, for a private party!

(Yes, you can rent the bar out for private events 😉)

Our new CHICKEN KATSU rice bowl is where it’s at! Panko-breaded chicken thigh fried crispy and served atop steamed rice, with a side of mac salad and delicious Japanese curry sauce. Pair with an OUT OF OUR TREE cocktail (pictured above) for the perfect dinner / drink combo tonight!

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It’s important to us that everyone can enjoy delicious food at BUSY BODY, dietary restrictions aside. The spread pictured above is an assortment of amazing vegan options from our main menu, many of ‘em discounted on happy hour, too! Anything with a red “v” on the menu is vegan-friendly, including almost every dipping sauce! We have plenty of gluten-free options available as well, talk to your bartender to find out what works best for you, and don’t forget to order a WILDCAT slushie, regardless!

Happy Hour: Sun-Thurs, 4pm-6pm & 10pm-12am

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